Pearls, White, Rice Shape, Large 6x5mm on 16" Strands
SKU: GMA-129
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Description
- White, oval "rice" shape pearls 6x5mm on 16" strands
- Bright white with beautiful nacre these rice shape pearls are smooth and regular
- Pearls of this quality are getting harder and harder to find as water pollution has affected pearl farms.
- Most gems are stones, but a few like Pearl, Amber, Jet, and Coral, are classified as Organic gems, meaning they came from living things.
- Pearls are formed inside bivalves (similar to oysters), which coat any foreign substance that gets inside their shell with a smooth layer of pearly nacre to reduce the irritation.
- The Chinese cultured pearls in the 12th or 13th century, but the Japanese developed it into an industry in the 1890s, inserting mother-of-pearl beads as the basis of their cultured pearls.
- Pearls have been greatly valued in ancient China, India, and Greece.
- In ancient Rome for example, only people of high rank were allowed to wear them. They remain among the most popular gems worldwide.
- Treat Pearls with care, avoiding, abrasion, detergents, acids, perspiration, cosmetics and hair spray as well as excessive heat, light or humidity.